Auszeichnung
künstlerischer Projekträume
und -initiativen

Altes Finanzamt

2010
Schönstedtstraße
7
Berlin
12043

The Urge Extended, 2020, feat. hugo rex tibiriçá, Foto: Malu Blume

The Urge Extended, 2020, feat. Malu Blume, Foto: Malu Blume

These try-outs should be understood not in abstract terms, but in the light of the current struggles with labor, housing, racism, homophobia, and anti-fascist positions. If politicians can facilitate these processes for us to work, that would be great. We would wish that the situation wouldn’t look as somber but reality is also knocking on the door of the art sphere. Can politicians regulate the price for studios and project spaces? Can they facilitate real financial support for diversity? Can they push a little bit further and understand the complex situation of art practitioners during and after the pandemic, and give some more support?Delegate. Delegate. Delegate. It is absolutely necessary to delegate bureaucratic paperwork to those who are professionally trained in these tasks. Running a project space with all its paperwork baggage is taking a toll on creative output: it slows us down. However, we cannot get away from this bureaucratic burden since we lack the financial resources for professional assistance in these matters.Art has the power to make people think and feel differently. Art has the power to activate change.